Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

iPhone App Wins Microsoft-Campus Programming Contest

Posted by timothy on from the cross-platform dept.

imamac writes "Startup Weekend was a 54-hour coding marathon held on Microsoft's campus last weekend. It was designed to encourage the use of MS programming technologies. However, the winner of the contest was an iPhone app: '"Awkward," whispered Startup Weekend organizer Clint Nelsen into the microphone upon announcing the top vote getter.'"

4 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And the app does? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It wins contests, obviously.

  2. Re:Not so awkward by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > What, was someone supposed to write an app for the Microsoft phone?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile

    Yeah, they kinda were...

  3. Re:54 hours? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That works out to two days, using my Microsoft calculator.

    That's what my Electronic Arts time sheet says also.

  4. Re:54 hours? by iYk6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My Verizon rep says that 54 hours is the same thing as 54 minutes, which is less than an hour.